Letters at 3AM: Of Mayhem and Delight

The Keystone films, especially those of Charles Chaplin, reflected the present and heralded the future

"...Two people, a woman and a man, are in a state of delight. It..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Crime and the City Solution

How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?

"...night, Thursday, March 26, edging past 12mid, 60 degrees and muggy as all hell, but still nice enough. Thunderstorms..."

June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Lame, the Halt, and the Parking Thieves

Crusading against handicapped-parking violators

"...It's high noon on Friday, and Constable Bruce Elfant is cruising steadily through downtown, on..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...certain kind of mood or movie. Summer is light and carefree, aimed at all the kids out of school..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

What You Need to Know About U.S. Senate and House Races in Texas

Early voting in Texas starts Feb. 18, 2020. Here's the view from atop your Texas primary ballot.

"...will begin voting after the Iowa caucuses (Feb. 3) and the New Hampshire primary (Feb. 11), but before the..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Food and Music Strike a Chord With These Austin Chefs

We explore the link between the culinary and musical in anticipation of Hot Luck

"...it again – or that he'd open a world-famous brick-and-mortar, top every national barbecue list, and win a James..."

May 25, 2018 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

'There Has to Be a Better Way'

"...had worked for nearly a decade in chainstore pharmacies and was doing well, pulling down nearly $100,000 a year..."

March 14, 2008 News Feature

Point Austin: The Prosecutor and the Pariah

Don't know about you, but I'm beginning to feel sorry for Tom DeLay

"...bullying his fellow Republicans at the Capitol into slicing and dicing Texas into congressional gazpacho, U.S. House Majority Leader..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Between Round Rock and a Hard Place

Northridge Acres can't find water, water anywhere.

"...Acres are pretty sure about two things: "Shit floats" and "Water flows toward money."..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

Alive and Kicking

Just when a heavy cynicism about the future of independent film has overtaken the industry and most of its observers, the Sundance Film Festival came along during the early weeks of 2001 and, almost unexpectedly, brightened the downcast mood shared by its most dour participants.

"...also the day before our former governor's presidential inaugural, and it seemed all Austin was D.C.-bound that morning, ball..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Conversations With Builder Paul Lamb and Architect Don Crowell Is This My Beautiful House?

"...So you're thinking about buying a house; it's summer and the house-trading season is certainly upon us. But even..."

July 28, 1995 Arts Feature

News Roundup: Delusions and Deluges

"Downtown doesn't exist just to entertain people of means."

"...In this week's News Roundup: Don Zimmerman and others continue their last-minute campaign against the proposed courthouse..."

Oct. 26, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Where There's Smoke …

Across the country, perspectives on the smoking bans offer a very mixed bag

"..."I'm Bill Hicks and I'm dead now because I smoked cigarettes. Cigarettes didn't..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Woodward and Bernstein Make 'Statesman' Editor Squirm

Legendary reporters who broke Watergate story question Oppel's role at Statesman, opinion on confidential sources

"...of the Austin American-Statesman, came under criticism Friday from none other than Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, arguably the..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Uncoordinated and Exposed'

Cmdr. Charles Johnson's report of the shooting of Nathaniel Sanders

"...Shawn Harkin, with contributions from Detective Christopher Dunn, their commanding officer, Charles Johnson, reviewed their work, judged it unacceptable,..."

April 30, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Austin's melodic-rock class, due in part to the cello and steel sounds of Frank Kammerdiener. Such airy elegance is..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Parks, Wildlife, and Racism

Wardens recount longstanding, institutional discrimination against African-Americans at TP&W

"...just one of many unofficial racial principles long practiced (and occasionally made explicit) within the Texas Parks & Wildlife's..."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Letters at 3AM: Obama, Nukes, and Us

President Barack Obama fudges the truth of his nuclear policies

"...While campaigning in the primaries in December 2007, then Sen. Barack Obama told an Iowa audience about "the..."

April 8, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

What Value is There?

"...Dear Alamo Drafthouse, Saving Vulcan Video and allowing free rentals is a nice apology gesture, but..."

Oct. 17, 2020 Postmarks

The Trials and Success of Tom Laughlin's 'Billy Jack'

Politics and pacifism on the East Coast

"...played Billy Jack in four movies. Two of them were huge box office hits, though critically they were far..."

Jan. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Louis Black

The Life and Times of an Emotional Transient

Poetry Festival Salutes Albert Huffstickler

"...the world of the living, pulsing with the fury and mire of human veins. Yeats was a grand old..."

March 28, 1997 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Hate Crimes and Punishment

The Gay Debate

"...origin or ancestry, or sexual orientation." But after Democrats and Republicans debated whether to include the words "sexual orientation"..."

Sept. 11, 1998 News Feature by Janet Heimlich

Fear and Loathing at the Jourgensen Compound

"...Time is a rare and precious commodity, like oil, diamonds, and the Clash's Cost..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Music Feature

Public Notice: While the Cats Were Away

The stakeholders play

"...postponed for further consideration back in June. Of these, none will likely create more grief than the issue of..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Lege Lines: Dubious Tax Cuts, Senate Shenan­igans, Twitter Trysts, and More

Business lobby doubts tax cuts, and more from the Capitol

"...The Tax and Spend Business Lobby..."

March 13, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: Smoke and Mirrors

The new Austin smoking ordinance is a solution in search of a problem.

"...this, just as they're surprised that I follow sports and go to church.) I am suitably ashamed -- the..."

April 11, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...its own right. Taking cues from early Santana, War, and the Meters, Brownout's 2012 release Oozy secretes stickier than..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Mindhunters

In this stale thriller, young FBI profilers have a hard time figuring out who is picking them off, one by one.

"...Kathryn Morris, Patricia Velasquez, Clifton Collins Jr., Eion Bailey and Rafe Perry. As their reign at Miramax is drawing..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: The Hallow

There’s something evil in the woods

"...Robert Frost was wrong. The woods may be dark and deep, but they are far from lovely. In Irish..."

April 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kid Powers

Charlie Belle kicks up some Magnetic Fields buzz

"...Local kid wonders Jendayi and Gyasi Bonds of the band Charlie Belle got a..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Cindy Widner

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